<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/quick-boot/">Years ago, it was common to turn on your office computer</A>, go make a pot of coffee, and about the time you poured your first cup, your PC would have finished booting. Or was that last week? Hardware makers have worked on the problem, and software makers make wild claims, but what kind of progress has been made?